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Video accompanied by text. "In 1774, as a response to the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed a series of acts, called the Coercive Acts. These acts crushed many of the chartered rights of colonial Massachusetts and infringed on the right...s of the other colonies. Americans reacted with trade boycotts, and they also began to slowly unite and take political power into their own hands. Americans were not yet calling for independence, but formation of the First Continental Congress, combined with the colonists’ reactions to the Coercive Acts, led King George III to believe the colonies were in a state of rebellion..."[more]

A two pronged attack by French & American forces defeats General Cornwallis in Virginia. Two years later, the Treaty of Paris will officially end the war. This is an overview of that battle and the events that lead up to it. A good overview, but a ma...p of Yorktown would be of benefit.[more]

In 1777, the colonists force the surrender of 6,000 British troops in New York State. This first major victory convinces France to enter the conflict on the Americans' side. This two minute video explains its significance and the how it was done. Cau...se and effect explained as well.[more]

In this two minute video the surprise attack by Washington on the British mercenaries at Trenton is expained. This Christmas, 1777, battle came at desperate time for the colonists. Washington defies military convention with a nighttime assault in the... dead of winter.[more]

The British were forced to surrender 2 days after patriot soldiers captured the fort at Yorktown in 1781 and is done with animation and reinactments in this three minute video. Needs more emphasis on French contribution.

A fatal lack of ammunition dooms the colonists chances in an early American Revolutionary battle near Boston is the overview presented in this 1:41 video. The video uses paintings to help tell the story.

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